‘Unite the Right’ and the Politics of Silence
This weekend’s white-nationalist rally, held on the anniversary of the bloodshed in Charlottesville, Virginia, will be a test for the Republican Party.
This weekend, an untold number of white nationalists and their sympathizers will gather in Washington, D.C., to rally against, in their words, the “civil-rights abuses” they endured in Charlottesville, Virginia, exactly one year ago. The “Unite the Right” gathering will take place in Lafayette Park, just across from the White House. It will mark the anniversary of not only the group’s march through Charlottesville,
